On the wildly unbalanced extradition treaty between the UK and the US:
But a spokesman for the US embassy in London said: \”We think the treaty is fair and balanced.
\”We consider it fair and balanced and reflects a mature law enforcement based on trust and respect.\”
A diplomat is someone sent abroad to lie for their country. That gentleman is being very diplomatic there.
Don’t let Pandragon see this, but I am reminded of…
If a lady says “No”, she means “maybe”
If a lady says “Maybe”, she means “Yes”
If a lady says “Yes”, she is not a lady.
If a Diplomat says “Yes”, s/he means “maybe”
If a Diplomat says “Maybe”, s/he means “No”
If a Diplomat says “No”, s/he is not a Diplomat.
🙂
“A diplomat is someone sent abroad to lie for their country”: no, no, fucking no! It’s a subtle joke not a crude insult. “A diplomat is someone sent to lie abroad for their country.” Geddit?
What dearieme said. Hear, hear, fucking hear! (Not ‘here, here,’ which one sees a lot nowadays, and which is as annoying as the near-ubiquitous misquotation of Henry Wotton.)